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Top Home Health Agency Survey Deficiencies: Medication review

In Part 1 of this blog series on ACHC’s top home health agency survey deficiencies, we looked at the Plan of Care.  In the second installment of this weighty topic, let’s discuss medications.  CMS – and by extension, accrediting organizations … Read Full Post

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Top Home Health Agency Survey Deficiencies: The POC

In this blog series, we’ll explore the most common survey deficiencies of skilled home health agencies as reported by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), one of three accrediting organizations for home health agencies (among others) with deemed status … Read Full Post

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Personnel Requirements of a Florida Home Health Agency – Part 2

Welcome back to our series about the Personnel Requirements of a Florida Home Health Agency.  In the last installment, we discussed the requirements of the Administrator and Alternate Administrator.  This week, we will review the qualifications and responsibilities of the … Read Full Post

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Personnel Requirements of a Florida Home Health Agency – Part 1

Every home health agency licensed by the State of Florida must have a person designated as the Administrator, and a person designated as the Alternate Administrator, who serves in the temporary absence of the Administrator. To qualify to serve as … Read Full Post

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Part One: What type of care do I want to provide?

Home health agencies can provide skilled or non-skilled care.  Skilled care requires the skills of a licensed professional, such as a nurse or therapist.  Non-skilled care is custodial or personal in nature, encompassing assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) … Read Full Post

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